Sustainable Stock Exchanges 2010

Featured Speakers

• Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary General, UNCTAD
  Fulin Shang, Chairman, China Securities Regulatory Commission, China
  James Zhan, Director, Investment & Enterprise Division, UNCTAD
  Georg Kell, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact
  Jane Diplock, Chairman, International Organisation of Securities Commissions
  Paul Abberley, CEO, Aviva Investors London, United Kingdom
  Mervyn King, Chairman of the Board, Global Reporting Initiative, Senior Counsel and former Judge on the Supreme Court of South Africa, South Africa
  Huseyin Erkan, CEO, Istanbul Stock Exchange, Turkey
  Carolyn Ervin, Director, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD
  Paul Clements-Hunt, Head, UNEP Finance Initiative
  James Gifford, Executive Director, PRI
  Liang Geng, Chairman, Shanghai Stock Exchange, China
  Michel Maquil, President & CEO of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Luxembourg
  Donald McDonald, Director of Trustee Board, BT Pension Scheme, and Chairman of the Board, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
  Paul Druckman, Chairman, Prince of Wales Accounting for Sustainability, United Kingdom
  Selvarany Rasiah, Chief Regulatory Officer, Bursa Malaysia, Malaysia
  Kris Douma, Head of Responsible Investment & Active Ownership, Mn Services N.V., Netherlands
  Song Liping, President, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, China
  Seiji Kawazoe, Associate General Manager, Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co, Japan

Based on the enthusiastic response of participants to that first event, and responding to continuing calls for increased dialogue on sustainability issues between investors, regulators and stock exchange officials, we are pleased to announce the date for the Sustainable Stock Exchanges 2010 dialogue. This will take place on 8 September 2010 during UNCTAD's World Investment Forum in Xiamen, China.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the United Nations Global Compact Office and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), with the ongoing participation of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), are working together to organize this important continuing dialogue. The conference will focus on the relationship between exchanges and the regulatory frameworks in which they operate in light of emerging ESG issues.

Key questions to be addressed include:

• How do the main stakeholders (regulators, exchanges, and investors) view sustainability from a policy perspective?
• What is the appropriate balance between voluntary exchange-led initiatives and regulation?
• What concrete steps are exchanges currently implementing and how can exchanges, investors, and regulators strengthen their collaboration to improve the ESG practices of listed companies?

The Sustainable Stock Exchanges 2010 dialogue takes place against the backdrop of UNCTAD’s World Investment Forum (6-8 September) and the China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) (8-11 September), so participants are encouraged to make the most of their visit to Xiamen.

Participation in this high-level dialogue is reserved for CEOs and other senior level executives within stock exchanges and institutional investors, as well as senior level regulators. To maximize the interactive nature of the dialogue, participation will be limited to approximately 100 participants.

To register with for this event with your password, please fill out the registration form: REGISTRATION

To received an invitation with the registration password, please email our colleague Mengqi Cai

We look forward to welcoming you to the Sustainable Stock Exchanges 2010 dialogue in Xiamen, China on 8 September.